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  1. B S Magnet

    The User Agent String thread: what are you using to enable legacy function on sites like YouTube?

    This is exactly as the topic title says! YouTube, as we know quite well here, nudges and tweaks their cash cow web portal, kicking out browsers whose default user agent strings have no support at all any longer or prompt YT to notify the user that one’s browser is “too old”. In the past, some...
  2. R

    Browser usage by Mac desktop

    I'm trying to find numbers for which browsers are used by Mac OS desktp users for browsing the web. I can find all kinds of places that show all browsers from all platforms together, like https://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php, but I don't see a way to filter just to Mac OS. This zdnet...
  3. Wowfunhappy

    Other Chromium Legacy: Google Chrome for OS X 10.7 – 10.9

    I know we already have a thread for Early Intel Mac web browsers, but frankly I think this one deserves its own thread. It's just so great. I haven't used Google Chrome for years. I don't like Google's dominance over the web, and besides, there are two other excellent, mainstream browser...
  4. wicknix

    Other Web browsers for early Intel Macs

    Finding web browsers that are still usable on today’s web can be a chore for older versions of OS X. The following is a list of known, up-to-date (or relatively up-to-date) and maintained web browsers, e-mail clients, and FTP clients, for Intel Macs with at least Snow Leopard support, then Lion...
  5. Dantnad

    All browsers crash when uploading files

    I've got this problem after installing macOS Sierra that is really frustrating!!!! I initially thought it was a Google Chrome Problem, then I found out it happened to every single Web browsing app; Safari, Chrome, Mozilla... What happens is that when I try to upload a file to any page via...
  6. CharlieJames91

    Web browsers randomly lose connectivity

    Hi – I have a problem with all my web browsers, after using my mac for some time they all just lose connectivity to the internet, but all my other apps are working fine (Outlook/Spotify etc). I have pinged www.google.com and everything seems fine? Once I restart my machine the problem goes away...